Alex’s War is both more and less interesting than knee-jerk reactions would have it, but director Moyer undoubtedly understands that a fascinating subject is…
Blue Island is a similarly interrogative work to the director’s Yellowing, but here taking on a grander and more experimental form. Chan Tze-woon’s Yellowing…
A Love Song has a rustic, unadorned quality that is easy to appreciate, but its calculated modesty only does so much to distinguish it…
The Nan Movie aspires to recreate old sensations, but spills out as a shadow of its former self. Whither, the British comedy? Once, this…
My Donkey, My Lover & I might trade too liberally in cliché, but its escapist texture, palpable charm, and refusal to give in to…
Anonymous Club takes on a similar emotional shape to Barnett’s music, but largely fails to capture the same level of nuanced artistry. Danny Cohen’s Anonymous…
The Deer King is beautiful to look at and occasionally charming, but its underdeveloped plot gets in the way of any pleasures and makes for…
Queen of Glory lives in its details, layering myriad cultural specificities and carefully crafting interpersonal dynamics in what amounts to a modest but moving film.…
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris is appealingly quaint and visually pleasing, but dampens its delights with some soggy, unnecessary thematizing. Director Anthony Fabian’s Mrs.…
Cop Secret begins with a dubious premise and carries it through to inauthentic and aesthetically false ends. It’s the Icelandic homophobia-baiting comedy you didn’t…
Murina’s second half almost helps the film realize its pursuit of unsettling inquiry, but outside of its opening and closing shots, there’s too little…
Fire of Love is an gorgeous visual document that is somewhat undermined by its inorganic and distracting voiceover work. Despite boasting a title that…
Moon, 66 Questions is a film that thrillingly channels the ebbs and tides of both physical movement and emotional trauma to affecting results. Moon,…
Fourth of July is a clumsy, charmless “comedy” destined to be immediately forgotten about. You have to hand it to Louis C.K.: he may…
Hallelujah doesn’t quite strike the right balance between portrait of the artist and myth of the song, but its littered pleasures will likely still be…
The Forgiven doesn’t have any substance or style to elevate its tired tale of how rich people suck. “Rich people behaving badly” has become such…
Clara Sola is a bold, confrontational work, perhaps a bit too blunt in its symbolism, but carried through by Chinchilla Araya’s raw, enigmatic performance. The…
A Man of Integrity is a probing, challenging film, a poetic latticework of sadness and anger. Leave it to the fates of film distribution that…